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W. H. YOST.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

Patented June 11,1912.

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W. H. YOST.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

1,028,925, I Patented June 11,1912.

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COLUMBIA ILANOGRAPH (Em-WASHINGTON, D. c.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1910.

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W. H. YOST.

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COLUMBlA PLANO-GRAPH 410., WASHINGTON, D. c.

sans PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD HANCOCK YOST, OE MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, AssIGNOR T0 BODGERBALLAST CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 11, 1912.

Application filed November 21, 1910. Serial No. 593,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, WINFIELD HANCOCK Yos'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominionof'Ganada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates particularly to ballast cars and it has for anobject to provide an improved construction for cars of this type wherebythe complete discharging or plowing Off to one side of'the load carriedby the car may be facilitated and in which the side walls will be lessliable to be damaged during the plowing Off than has been the case withcars of this type heretofore constructed.

Other Objects and the advantages of the invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art from a consideration of the followingdescription and accompanying drawings in which one embodiment of theinvention has been described and illustrated, the invention consistingof the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafterset forth and particularly defined in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings in which similar reference charactersindicate the same parts throughout the various views, Figure 1 is aplan'view of a car constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is atransverse section thereof taken on line 22 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of one half of the car; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section ofthe other half of the car taken on line 4:4:

Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a detail transverse vertical sectional view of aportion of one side of the car taken on line 55 Fig. 6; Fig. 6 is adetail horizontal sectional section taken on line 66 Fig. 5; and Fig. 7is a detail sectional view of my improved locking device for the endgate taken on the line 77 Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detailtransverse verticalsection taken on the line 88 Fig. 3 and illustrating particularly thehinge connection between the side Walls and theunderstructure; and Fig.9 is an underside plan view of the same parts."

The understructure of the car may be of usual or approved construction,as here shown comprising side and intermediate longitudinal sillsa and brespectively, and transverse sills c.

In constructing the car I prefer to form the side walls each in twosections 9 g and h h and to hinge these sections or unite to theunderstructure of the car as will be presently pointed out. The sidestakes f of the car are rigidly secured to the side sills and thesestakes are made of lesser height than the side walls which latterinclose the stakes, being formed with openings 2 to accommodate them,the sides being stifiened by suit able battens 2" which may be, asshown, of Z'-form. By means of this construction I am enabled to provideany desirable number of side stakes to guide the plow and brace the sidesections (as will be pointed out later) without correspondinglyincreasing the number of the latter, thus insuring a more rigid sidewall and causing the space between the side walls to be unobstructed andenabling plowing OK the load carried by the car to one side with theopposite side up to be successfully accomplished, the walls beingpreferably formed as above stated in two sections to facilitatehandling.

I prefer to hinge the side walls to the side sills a by means ofU-brackets j bolted to the side sills and each having pivoted thereto,by the usual hinge pins 70, a pair of straps Z secured on Opposite sidesof the web of the battens a". In order to reinforce the side sills atthe points where the brackets j are of the openings 71 will clear theouter edges of the stakes, while when these sections swing down tosubstantially vertical position the side battens i will bear againsttheside sills a, which latter thus serve as stops to prevent the sidesections from swinging inwardly and striking the car trucks (not shown),the retaining of the walls in the position indicated also acting toprevent material discharged from the car from running back on the trackand causing derailments.

The side wall sections are locked in their upright positions to the sidestakes f, the locking mechanism being carried by the side sections sothat when the latter are released and fall down they will carry thelocking mechanism with them and move it to a position entirely out ofthe way of material being discharged. The locking mechanism I prefer touse comprises rods 8 carried one on each of the side sections andpivotally connected to the battens 2' by straps t and having crankedportions to engaging in notches o in the tops of the side stakes f thusholding the wall sections against inward and outward movement, thecranked portions a being locked in the notches by locking dogs topivotally carried by the wall sections above the openings i and havingcam faces w adapted to be swung into engagement with the cranks u. Theends of the rods 8 preferably extend beyond the corresponding ends ofthe side walls and are provided with handles 8 whereby they may beoperated to move the cranks u out of engagement with the notches '0.

Secured respectively to the side walls and side sills are stake pockets1 and 2 respectively in which if desirable auxiliary side stakes,indicated in dotted lines at 3 Fig. 3, may be inserted to reinforce theside sections.

In the drawings I have shown my inventionembodied in a-car of the typeadapted to be converted either into a gondola car or hopper car. Theflooring 5, which is supported by the understructure before mentioned ofthe car,has a pair of hinged doors 6 and 7 which are adapted to be swungup to .the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2

with their free edges engaging in angular grooves 8 inthe side walls andresting also upon beveled inner portions 9 of the tops of the sidestakes. WVhen in this position these doors form inclined floors fordirecting the material in the car into a hopper 1O suspended from theunderstructure and which may be of any convenient construction, as hereshown comprising inclined end walls 11, an

inclined side wall 12, and a door 13 oper-.

ated by suitable mechanism as the chain L1 and shaft 15. The balance ofthe walls of the hopper car is formed by a pair of end gates 16, hingedadjacent to the upper ends of the walls 11, which gates form part ofthe. flooring 5 and are adapted to be swung up to vertical position, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to close the space between the sidewallsections; being held in such vertical position by any suitable "means asthe hooks 18 carried by the free ends thereof and engaging in eyes 19carried by the side wall sections.

In order to insure of the free ends of the end gates when the latter arein horizontal position being flush with the flooring 5 and prevent suchends being swung up in any manner (as by shocks due to coupling, etc.,)I have provided means whereby such gates may be locked to theunderstructure, such means preferably comprising a pair of bolts 20secured to opposite ends of angle iron stiffeners 21 extending acrossthe free edges of the gates, the bolts being slidably held in place bymeans of headed pins 22 projecting from the angle irons and passingthrough slots 23 in the bolts, the latter being. formed with upturnedends 24 for convenience in operating, the gates being recessed as shownat 25 to accommodate the bolts, the latter being thus below the level ofthe flooring and ofiering no obstruction to the plow. To brace thesebolts angular brackets 30 secured to the angle irons 21 and projectingover the bolts may be provided. To look the gates these bolts are movedinto engagement with keepers 26 carried by the side sills.

In addition to the advantages before pointed out it will be readily seenfrom the foregoing description that by hinging the side walls at theirbottoms to the understructure in cars of this type in which the load isdischarged by running a plow over the flooring thereof the sides willoffer, when swung down below the flooring, no obstruction to thedischarge of the load. It will also be seen that the sides may be madeof a desired height to carry the capacity of the car in ballast whilethe low side stakes, although sufiicient to guide .the plow and bracethe side walls, offer little obstruction to the discharge of material.

It is believed that the manner of operating the car will be readilyunderstood by those skilled in the art from the foregoing specificationand no further description of the operation is deemed necessary.

l/Vhat I claim is as follows:

1. A ballast car comprising an understructure including a flooring, sidewalls hinged to such understructure and having the spaces extendingtransversely above the car flooring between the ends thereofunobstructed, such walls being adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyfrom upright position, side stakes rigidly secured to the understructureand disposed substantially outwardly of the said side walls when thelatter are in upright position, and means locking such side walls to theside stakes.

2. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, and side walls hingedto the understructure, such side walls being of greater height than theside stakes and adapted to inclose the latter.

3. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure, of sidewalls hinged at their lowerends to the understructure, side stakesrigidly secured to and projecting upwardly from the understructure anddisposed substantially outwardly of the inner faces of the side wallswhen the latter are in upright position, andmeans for locking such sidewalls to such side stakes, such locking means being carried by the sidewalls and disposed completely outwardly of the inner faces thereof.

4:. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof,of side stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, side walls hingedto the understructure, such side walls being of greater height than theside stakes and adapted to inclose the latter, and means for lockingsuch side walls in upright position.

5. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes rigidly secured to the understructure, side walls hinged tothe understructure, such side walls being of greater height than theside stakes and adapted to inclose the latter, and means for lockingsuch side walls to the side stakes.

6. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at theirlower ends to such understructure, and locking means carried by the sidewalls and coacting with the said stakes to lock the side walls inupright position.

7. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at theirlower ends to the understructure, and rods carried by the side walls andprovided with means engaging the stakes to lock the side walls thereto.

8. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes secured to the understructure, side walls hinged at theirlower ends to the understructure, and locking means carried by the sidewalls and adapted to engage the said stakes to lock the said wallsagainst inward and outward movement.

9. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof, ofside stakes secured to the understructure and being formed with notches,side walls hinged at their lower ends to the said understructure, andmeans for locking such side walls in upright position, including rodspivotally mounted on the side walls and having cranked portions engagingin the said notches.

10. In a ballast car, the combination with an understructure includingside sills, of side stakes rigidly secured to such side sills, sidewalls of greater height than the side stakes and having their lowerportions formed with openings to accommodate the stakes, the inner facesof the side walls and side stakes being flush with one another, meanshinging the side walls to the side sills, and means for locking the sidewalls to the side stakes.

11. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof,of side walls each formed in two sections, adapted to swing downwardlyand outwardly from upright position, means hinging the lower ends of thesections to the understructure, and means locking the wall sections inupright position, such means including side stakes adapted to beinclosed on opposite sides by the sidewalls when the latter are inupright position.

12. In a car the combination with a rigid member and a movable member,of means hinging the movable member to the rigid member, including, aU-shaped strap inclosing the web of the bracket and the rigid member s,means fastening such bracket strap, and rigid member together, and meansconnecting the bracket to the movable member, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

13. In a ballast car, the combination with side sills, of side stakescarried by the side sills and being formed with notches, side walls ofgreater height than the side stakes, and formed with openings toaccommodate the latter, locking means carried by the side walls andengaging the said notches to lock the walls in upright position, andmeans hinging the side walls to the side sills including a bracketmounted on the side sill, a strap inclosing the base of the bracket andthe side sill, fastening members tying such bracket and strap togetherand to the side sill, and means pivotally connecting the side walls tothe bracket.

14:. In a ballast car, the combination with the understructure thereof,of side walls hinged to such understructure to swing outwardly anddownwardly from upright position, and devices located intermediate theends of the walls for retaining such walls in on roppto-site sides ofthe car -to be unob- :structed.

15. In a ballast car, thecombination with the understructure of sidewall units hinged to such understructure to swing outwardly anddownwardly, and a plurality of side stakes for each side wall unitadapted to support such units in upright position, such stakes beingrigidly secured to the underframeand disposed substantially outwardly ofthe inner faces of the said wallunits when the walls are in uprightposition.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

WVINFIELD HANCOCK YOST.

Witnesses:

ALEX OURRIE, FRED. J. SEARs.

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